In the truncated round of the Swedish championship interesting and important for the standings confrontations will also take place in the zone of the struggle for survival. Vesteros last year quite confidently won the Superettan championship title. Despite this, the team has an extremely poor season in the elite division. Unlike the second-placed GAIS, which feels very even comfortable in the Allsvenskan. Now Vesteros does not look hopeless, but the position at the bottom of the standings does not add optimism to its fans. Gothenburg is one of the most titled clubs in Sweden, but now is going through bad times. For the second championship in a row, the team is fighting for survival. Last championship Gothenburg finished on the thirteenth place, which takes and before the 24th round of the current championship. Bookmakers have identified the home team as favourites for the upcoming meeting, offering odds of 2.23 on their victory.

Westeros won two matches in a row in August and encouraged their fans to strive for the middle of the standings. However, the Allsvenskan debutants have had a disappointing last three game days. More frustratingly, September's clashes with GAIS and Vernam were not lost to Westeros in terms of the level of play, but resulted in defeat on the scoreline. In October and November, the hosts of the upcoming encounter will play Malmö, Djurgården, Elfsberg and Hammarby. These are opponents from the last four rounds, in which there is a chance of not picking up a single point. This calendar means that the upcoming home meeting with Gothenburg is one of the last chances for Vesteros to win and strengthen their position.

Gothenburg approaches the match two points away from the direct relegation zone and one point away from the position of the transition matches for the right to stay in the Allsvenskan. No matter how hard the team has tried in recent weeks, they have not won in any of their nine rounds since mid-July, picking up a total of six league points. The sequence described above began just as the rivals met in Gothenburg, when the hosts led until the 90+9th minute, at which point Vesteros scored the return goal to make it 1-1. Each of the teams needs only a win from the upcoming match, so we should expect both teams to be active in attack.